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The tragedy of the Germans of today is that so many of them in cultural positions are under the impression that if they imitate the most characteristic expressions of ‘the West’ – i.e. of Anglo-American culture – they will be seen as fully democratic, modern, progressive and thus morally on the right side of history, because in the notion of ‘the past’ the monstrous shadow of Herr Hitler is the first thing that comes-up, creating a barrier to their best culture which is behind that shadow and thus, located in earlier times. So, two truly crazy misunderstandings: 1) the best characteristic of Western culture is its ‘truly democratic’ cultural phenomenon of black rap, and 2) the best of German culture – of which the Goethe Prize should be the symbol – is so far away in the past that it has become meaningless. It is suicidal and plain ridiculous, exposing both extreme lack of cultural awareness and self-hatred. It is as if the nazi destruction of cultural identity finally won.

“Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno, who was certifiably incomprehensible in any language”…. a hilarious but true description. I tried to read his stuff, but it is like entering a labyrinth of neurosis and frustration, which tries to infect the reader. Also Goethe would have forcefully disapproved of Adorno, I’m sure, as much as of this German rapper.

British English doesn’t work as a pop language either. That’s why 99% of British pop singers adopt an Americanised accent (with a few notable exceptions). British English is the language of cowpat music.

Thus a local Frankfort newspaper. Translated: “With the Goethe-Plaque, poets, writers, artists and scientists should be selected who are worthy to be honored by the memory of Goethe – as has been newly formulated after WW II.”

The tone of the article is unscrupulously optimistic, you feel in the background the relief of being liberated from the weight of awareness who Goethe was, what he has done, what he meant for both German and European culture, and what it means to be presented on a par with Thomas Mann and Marcel Reich-Ranicki. Goethe had lived through the upheavals of the napoleonic wars as minister of the Duke of Weimar, and witnessed enough of the world’s messiness to be surprised, but if he had known about what would have been honored in his name in the future, his head would explode.

The “Germans of today …in cultural positions” are part of cultural Marxism promoted by A. Merkill and her minions and puppet-masters. C.M. has its roots in the Frankfurter Schule (Adorno) and critical theory, and broadly speaking enforces social engineering in the same way the scientists at Monsanto genetically manipulate biological organisms, but is arguably much more insidious.

With the fall of Eastern bloc communism, the phony class struggle between the proletariat and the capitalists could no longer be maintained and had to be replaced by the struggle of the oppressed black races or Muslims against the “white supremacists”.

Black “gangsta” rap music, by the way, was invented in order to populate privately run prisons in the US.

No serious person believes any longer in cultural marxism, apart from some pockets of resistance against reality and common sense, and in academic circles where deconstruction and Michel Fuckhaule are still preached. I believe that the Goethe Plaque blunder is the result of well-meaning attempts to integrate ‘minorities’ and to prevent ‘youth’ from falling through the social nets, entirely unaware how ridiculous this gesture is, and in a certain way also quite patronizing: you are a stupid lowlife phenomenon but look how civilized we are to grant you this cultural honor.

I rather suspect that I understand Adorno. If I did not, goes my reasoning, I wouldn’t be able to disagree with almost every word he wrote. However, I must confess that if I expressed this syllogistically, it might not hold, but nor do I consider it an unreasonable position to take. I am sorry NL can’t comprehend him, especially as that must by definition mean he is also at sea when it comes to Walter Benjamin. If you know not why, you know not Benjamin, and thus know not Adorno to start with.

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